Vegan Ranch Dressing Made from Cashews

This is hands-down my favorite vegan ranch dressing recipe. It’s made from cashews, and it’s so, so easy.

Oh man, do I love ranch dressing. From dipping carrots to dipping tots to covering salads to dipping pretty much anything, ranch dressing is the tops. This is hands-down my favorite vegan ranch dressing recipe. It’s made from cashews, and it’s so, so easy.

The trouble is, it’s hard to find vegan ranch at the store, and when you do find it, it’s often pretty pricey. Boo! Most ranch dressings are full of sour cream, mayonnaise, and buttermilk. Not the most vegan-friendly. I was craving ranch the other day and decided to try using cashew cream as the base, and it worked beautifully!

If you’re not familiar with cashew cream, it isn’t some kind of fancy, expensive processed food. In fact, I’ve never seen it for sale in the store. Cashew cream is just raw cashews blended up in water or some other combination of liquids. The key to making good cashew cream is to soak the raw cashews in water. This softens them up so you it’s easy to get them super creamey, even in the crappiest blender.

Here’s how you can make your own creamy, delicious ranch dressing out of cashews.

Vegan Ranch Dressing Made from Cashews

This is hands-down my favorite vegan ranch dressing recipe. It's made from cashews, and it's so, so easy.

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Course
Sauces and Dressings

Cuisine
Vegan

Prep Time15minutes

Total Time15minutes

Servings12servings

Calories118kcal

AuthorBecky Striepe

Ingredients

1cupraw cashews+ water to soak

1/4cupolive oil

1/3cuplemon juice

1/2cupunsweetened soy or almond milkUsually, I use regular and unsweet vegan milks interchangeably, but in this recipe,unsweetened is important!, or more as needed

2tablespoonsfresh garlic chivesregular chives will also work, minced

1teaspoondried dill

2tablespoonsfresh parsleyminced

1/2teaspoononion powder

dash of paprika

saltand fresh black pepper, to taste

Method

Soak the cashews with enough hot water to cover them completely for 10 minutes.

Drain the cashews and pour them into the blender along with the oil, lemon juice, vegan milk, chives, dill, parsley, onion powder, and paprika. Blend until completely smooth. Add more vegan milk, 1 tablespoon, at a time, if it's seeming too thick.

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